The man wanted for pedaling away from a vicious sunrise attack of a woman walking in Central Park earlier this month has been apprehended, police announced Saturday.
Juan Garcia, 24, was picked up by police two weeks after the April 6 surprise attack near the park's reservoir. Officials say the Bronx man repeatedly bashed the woman's head up against a tree.
The 55-year-old woman was taking a morning walk when a stranger approached to strike up a conversation, police have said.
That conversation did not appear to go well, because the man proceeded to attack the woman around 6 a.m. Police say he took her head and smashed it against a nearby tree several times.
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The man took off and reportedly jumped on a blue CitiBike and pedaled off on the 86th Street Transverse headed for the east side.
Police say the woman was picked up by medics and treated at a nearby hospital.
Garcia was arrested Friday night on an assault charge. Information for his attorney was not immediately known.
